Masonic And General Tidings.

A SMOKING CONCERT . —The fourth and last smoking concert of the season was given on Tuesday night by the Royal Albert Hall Amateur Orchestral Society , at St . Andrew ' s Hall , Newman-street , Oxford-street . The Prince of Wales is patron of the society , and the Duke of Edinburgh is President , and their Royal Highnesses are frequently present at the concerts . Mr . George Mount conducted the concert on Tuesday . Thc upper end of the

hall was beautifully decorated with flowers , and the orchestra performed a selection of classical and other music in a manner worthy of the Handel Festival week . The rendering of Langey ' s arrangement of "Home , Sweet Home" may be singled out . This piece was g iven at a quarter past eleven , and marked the accomplishment of about half the programme . The instrumental music was relieved not only by smoking , but by thc clever vocalization of Signor Ghilberti .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings

METROPOLITAN MASONIC MEETINGS

The Editor will be glad to receive notice from Secretaries of Craft Lodges , Roj'al Arch Chapters , Mark Lodges , Encampments , Conclaves , Sec , of any change in place , day , or month of meeting . For the Week ending Friday , July 2 , 1 SS 0 .

SATURDAY , JUNE _ fi . Lodge 1297 , West Kent , Crystal Palace . ,, 1541 , Alexandra Palace , Alexandra Palace . „ IOSG , Paxton , Crystal Palace . Chap . 1044 , Mid-Surrey , S . M . H ., Camberwell . „ 1329 , Sphinx , S . M . H ., Camberwell

LODGES OK INSTRUCTION . Manchester , 17 , London-st ., Fitzroy-sq ., at ... Star , Marquis of Granby , New Cross-rd ., at 7 . Percy , Jolly Farmers , Southgate-rd ., N ., at S . Eccleston , King's Head , Ebury Bridge , Pimlico .

Sphinx , Stirling Castle , Camberwell . Alexandra Palace , Masonic Club , Loughborough , at 7 . 30 . MONDAY , JUNE 28 . K . T . Prccpt . 12 S , Oxford and Cambridge University , 33 , Golden-sq ., VV .

LODGES OK INSTRUCTION . Lily , Greyhound , Richmond , at 7 . London Masonic Club , 101 , Oueen Victoria-st ., K . C , at 6 . Wellington , White Swan Hot ., High-st ., Deptford , S to 10 . St . John , Gun Hot ., Wapping , 8 to 10 . Prin - eLeopold , MitfordTav ., Sancli-ingham-rd ., Dalston , 7 . 30 . Sincerity , Railway Tav ., Fenchurch-st . Station , at 7 .

Camden , 174 , High-st ., Camden town , at S . Tredegar , Royal Hot ., Alile End-rd ., at 8 . St . James ' s Union , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st ., at S . Perfect Ashlar , Victoria Tav ., Lower-rd ., Rotherhithe , at S . Upper Norwood , White Hart Hot ., Church-rd ., at 8 . Marquis of Ripon , Pembury Tav ., Amherst-rd ., Hackney , S . Loughborough , CambriaTav ., Loughborough June , at 7 . 30 .

Hy de Park , Ihe Westbourne , 1 , Craven-rd ., nt S . West Smithfield , New Market Hot ., West Smithfield . West Kent , Forest-hill Hot ., Forest-hill , at 7 . 30 . St . George ' s , Globe Tav ., Royal Hill , Greenwich , at 7 . Doric Chapter , 248 , Glohc-rd ., Mile End-rd ., at S . Royal Commemoration , R . Hot ., High-st ., Putney , S till 10 . British Oak Bank of Friendship Tav ., Mile End .

Eastern Stat . , Royal Hot ., Mile End-rd ., 7 . 30 . High Cross , Coach and Horses , Lower Tottenham , at S . St . Mark ' s , S . M . H ., Camberwell New-rd . John Hervey , Albion Hall , London Wall , at 8 . New Finsbury Park , PlimsollArms , St . Thomas-rd ., N ., atS . Kilburn , South Molton Hot ., South Molton-st ., VV ., at 7 . 30 . Strong Man , George Hot ., Australian Avenue , Barbican , S .

TUESDAY , JUNE 29 . LODGES OK INSTRUCTION . Pilgrim , F . M . H ., ist and last Tues . Metropolitan , Moorgate-st . Station Restaurant , at 7 . 30 . Yarborough , Green Dragon , Stepney , at 7 . Domatic , Surrey M . IL , Camberwell New-rd ., at 7 . 30 . Faith , 2 , Westminster Chambers , Victoria-st ., S . W ., at 8 .

Prince Fredk . Wm ., Lord ' s Hot ., St . John's Wood , at 7 . Prosperity , Hercules Tav ., Leadenhall-st ., at 7 . 30 . Dalhousie , The Sisters'Tav ., Pownall-rd ., Dalston , E ., 7 . 30 Florence Nightingale , M . IL , William-st ., Woolwich , 7 . 30 Constitutional , Bedford Hot ., Southampton Bdgs ., at 7 . Israel , Rising Sun Tav ., Globe-rd . Wandsworth , Star and Garter Hot ., Wandsworth , at 7 .

Royal Arthur , Prince ' s Head , York-rd ., Battersea , at 8 . Beacontree , Red Lion , Leytonstone , at 8 . Excelsior , Commercial Dock Tav ., Rotherhithe , at 8 . St . John of Wapping , Gun Hot ., High-st ., Wapping , at S Islington , Moorgate Station Restaurant , at 7 . Leopold , Gregorian Arms , jamaica-rd ., Bermondsey , at 8 Mount Edgcumbe , 19 , Jerinyn-st ., St . James ' s , at 8 . Duke of Connaught , Palmerston Arms , Grosvenor Park , „

Sir Hugh Myddelton , ids , St . jolin ' s-st .-rd ., at , S . St . Marylcbone , Kyre Anns , Finchlcy-rd ., at 8 . Corinthian , George Hot ., Millwall Docks , at 7 . Henley , Three Crowns , North Woolwich , at 7 . 30 . Royal Naval College , Greenwich Hospital Schools , at 8 . Eleanor , Angel Hot ., Edmonton . Metropolitan Chapter , Jamaica Coffee Ho ., Cornhill . Islington , Moorgate Station Restaurant , at 7 .

WEDNESDAY , JUNE 30 . Lodge SgS , Temperance-in-the-East , C > , Newby-pl ., Poplar Chap . 820 , Lily of Richmond , Greyhound , Richmond . LODGES OK INSTRUCTION . Confidence , Railway Tavern , Fenchurch-st ., 7 till 9 . New Concord , Jolly Farmers , Southgate-rd ., N ., at S . Mt . Lebanon , Horse Shoe Tav ., Newington Causeway , S .

Pythagorean , Portland Hot ., Greenwich , at 8 . Burdett Coutts , Salmon _•Ball , Bethnal Green-rd ., at S . 30 La Tolerance , 2 , Maddox-st ., VV . at 8 . 45 . Peckham , Maismore Arms , Park-rd ., Peckham , at S . Finsbury Park , Alwyne Castle , St . Paul ' s-rd ., N . Southwark , Southwark Park Tav ., Southwark Park , at 8 . Dukcof Connaught , Ry ! . Edwd . Hot ., Mare-st ., Hackney , S United Strength , Hope Si Anchor , Crowndale-rd ., N . W ., S

Whittington , Red Lion , Poppin ' s-court , Fleet-st ., at 8 . Royal Jubilee , Si , Long Acre , at 8 . Langthorne , Swan 1 lot ., Stratford , at 8 . Temperance in the East , Geo . the Fourth , Ida-st ., E ., at 7 . 30 Thistle , M . M . M ., The Harp Tav ., at 8 . Eleanor , Trocadero Hot ., Liverpool-st ., Edmonton . Zetland , King ' s Arms Hot ., High-st ., Kensington , at 8 . Merchant Navy , Silver Tav ., Burdett-rd ., Limehouse , 7 . 30

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings

Creaton , Prince Albert Tav ., Portobello-tcr ., Notting-Iiill , S Stockwell , Crown , Albert Embankment , at 7 . Panmure , Balham Hot ., Balham , 7 . 30 . THURSDAY , JULY 1 . Eighty-second Anniversary Festival R . M . I , for Boys Crystal Palace . Lodge 1155 , Excelsior , Sydney Arms , Lewisham-rd .

„ 12 S 8 , hinsbury Park , Cock lav ., Highbury . ,, 1 3 00 , Royal Arthur , Village Club , Wimbledon . ,, 1361 , United Service , Greyhound Hot ., Richmond . ,, ' 445 , Prince Leopold , Milford Tav ., Dalston . •>' 5 . 19 > Surrey Masonic Hall , S . M . H ., Camberwell . „ ' 7 ^ 4 , Kaiser-i-Hind , 8 , Air-st ., Regent-st . ,, 1765 , Trinity College , 61 , Weymouth-st , VV . Mark 199 , Duke of Connaught , Havelock Tav ., Dalston

LODGES OK INSTRUCTION . Union Waterloo , Karl of Chatham , Thomas-st ., Woolwich Kent , Duke of York , Borough-rd ., Southwark , 7 . 30 . Egyptian , Hercules Tav ., Lcadcnhall-st ., 7 . 30 . Fidelity , Yorkshire Grey , London-st ., W . C , at 8 . Finsburj ' , Jolly Anglers' Tav ., Bath-st , City-rd . Ebury , 12 , Ponsonby-st ., Millbank , at 8 .

Highgate , Bull and Gate , Kentish-town , at 8 . The Great City , M . H ., Masons' Avenue . High Cross , Coach & Horses , High-rd ., Tottenham . Salisbur 3-, Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st ., at 8 . Southern Star , Crown Hot ., Blackfriars-rd ., at 8 . Great Northern , Berwick Arms , Berners-st ., Oxford-st . Rose , Walmer Castle Hot ., Pcckham-rd ., at S .

Crusaders , St . John ' s Gate , Clerkenwell , at 9 . Prince- Frederick William Chapter , St . John ' s Wood . United Mariners , Three Cranes Tav ., Mile End-rd ., at 8 . Vitruvian , White Hart , Belvcderc-vd ., Lambeth , at S . Royal Oak , Lecture Hall , High-st ., Deptford , at 8 . Capper , Three Crowns , North Woolwich , at 7 . Marquis of Ripon , PemburyTav ., Amhurst-rd ., Hackney , 7 . 30 . Royal Albert , White Hart Hot ., Abchurch-lane , at 7 . 30 . Victoria Park , The Two Brewers , Stratford , at S . West Middlesex , Feathers Hot ., Ealing , at f . 30 . North London Chap . Jolly Farmers , Southgate-rd ., N ., at 8 . St . Michael ' s , Moorgate Station Restaurant , at 8 .

FRIDAY , JULY 2 . Lodge 1 S 15 , Penge , Thicket Hot ., Anerley . Mark 223 , VVest Smithfield , ^ Newmarket Hot . K . T . Precpt . 74 , Harcourt , Greyhound Hot ., Richmond . „ „ 134 , Blonde ) , F . M . Tav ., Gt . Oueen-st .

LODGES OK INSTRUCTION * . Robert Burns , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Keg-ent-st ., at 8 . Belgrave , Harp Tav ., Jermyn-st ., VV ., at 8 . Unions Emulation ( for M . M . ' s ) , F . M . H ., nt 7 . Temperance , Victoria Tav ,, Victoria-rd ., Deptford , at _ . Metropolitan ( Victoria ) , Portugal Hot ., Fleet-st ., at 7 . St . Marylcbone , British Stores Tav ., St . John ' s Wood .

Westbourne , Lord ' s Hot ., St . John ' s Wood , at 8 . United Pilgrims , S . M . H ., Camberwell New-rd ., 7 . 30 . St . James ' s , Gregorian Arms , Jamaica-rd ., S . E ., at 8 . Duke of Edinburgh , Silver Lion , Penny-fields , Poplar , at ; Doric , 79 , Whitechapcl-rd .. at 8 . Burgoyne , The Red Cap , Camden Town , N . W ., at S . St . Luke ' s , White Hart , King ' s-rd ., Chelsea , 7 . 30 .

Chigwell , Prince's Hall , Buckhurst-hili , at 8 . Royal Standard , The Alwyne Castle , St . Paul ' s-rd ., N ' ., at £ Ranelagh , Six Bells , Haminersmith-rd ., at S . Finsbury Park , Earl Russell , Isledon-rd ., Holloway , at _ . William Preston , Feathers Tav ., Up . George-st ., l- 'dgwa re-ril

Earl of Carnarvon , Mitre Hot ., Golbwne-rd ., NoUmg-hiil Pythagorean Chapter . Portland I lot ., London-st .. Greenwich St . George's , Globe Tav ., Greenwich , at 8 . Royal Alfred , Star and Garter , Kew Bridge , at 7 . 30 . Wandsworth , Star and Garter Hot ., Wandsworth , at 7 . Clapton , White Hart Tav ., Clapton , at 7 . 30 .

MASONIC MEETINGS IN WEST LANCASIIIRI AND CHESHIRE . For the Week ending-Saturday , July 3 , 18 S 0 . MONDAY , JUNE _ s . Lodge 14 S , Lights , M . R ., Warrington . ,. 1 . 25 , Stanley , M . IL , Liverpool . Derby L . of I ., M . H ., Liverpool .

TUESDAY , JUNE 29 . Chap . 721 , Grosvenor , M . R ., Chester . Merchants I ., of I ., M . IL , Liverpool .

WEDNESDAY , JUNK 30 . Lodge 730 , Ellesmere , Royal Oak , Chorley . Stanhope Encampment , Queen ' s Hot ., Chester . Alpass Encampment , M . IL , Liverpool .

THURSDAY , JULY 1 . Lodge 2-H ) , Mariners , M . IL , Liverpool . ,, 738 . Bridge-water , M . IL , Runcorn . St . John ' s L . of I ., M . IL , Liverpool . Duke of Edinburgh L . of I ., M . IL . Liverpool . FRIDAY , JULY .- . Lodge 137 , ; , Architect , Didsbury Hot ., Didsbury . Ilainer L . of L , M . IL , Liverpool .

MASONIC MEETINGS IN EAST LANCASHIRE . For the Week ending - Saturday July 3 , 1 S 80 . MONDAY , JUNE 28 . Lodge 999 , Robert Burns , M . H ., Manchester . K . T . Precep ., St . James of Jerusalem , M . IL , Bolton . TUESDAY , JUNK 29 . Lodge 1774 , Mellor , Railway Hot ., Guide Bridge . K . T . Precep ., Plains of Tabor . Swan Hot ., Colne .

WEDNESDAY , JUNE 30 . Lodge 163 , Integrity , M . IL , Manchester . ,, 10 S 3 , Townley Parker , Mosley Hot ., Beswick . ,, 121 9 , Strangeways , Empire Hot ., Manchester . ,, 1775 , Leopold , M . R ., Commercial-st ., Church . Chap . 2 Jd , Benevolence , Red Lion Hot ., Littleboro .

THURSDAY , JULY 1 . Lodge 2 O 6 , Xaphtali , Navigation Inn , Heywood . „ 2 ( di , Fidelity White Bull Hot ., Blackburn . ,, 300 , Minerva , Pitt and Nelson Hot ., Ashton U . K . „ 317 , Affability , M . IL , Manchester . „ 1504 , Red Roseof Lancaster . Starkie ' sl lot ., Padiham .

FRIDAY , JULY 2 . Lodge 44 , Friendship , M . IL , Manchester . ,, 219 , Prudence , M . IL , Todmorden . SATURDAY , JULY 3 . Lodge 1458 , Truth , Conservative Club , Newton Heath .

Births, Marriages, And Deaths.

Births , Marriages , and Deaths .

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BIRTHS . COOPER . —On thc 19 th inst ., at 19 , Bryanston-street , Portman-square , the wife of Capt . Clement Astley P . Cooper , of a daughter . GI . FARD . —On the 20 th inst ., at 99 , Gloucester-place , Portman-squarc , thc wife of Sir Hardinge Giffard , Q . C , M . P ., of a son . TAYLOR . —On the 13 th inst ., at 2 , Eldon-placc , Streatham , S . W ., the wife of Mr . Walter Taylor , of a son .

MARRIAGE . RADY—LESLIE . —On the 17 th inst ., at St . John ' s , Paddington , by thc Rev . Cecil Moore , Arthur Raby , Her Britannic Majesty ' s Consul for tlie State of Maine , U . S . A ., to Emma , widow of Mr . VV . Norman Leslie . PAGET—VERNON . —On the 15 th inst ., at St . Botolph , Aldersgate , R . VV . Paget , of Aldersgate-street , to Isabel Mary Vernon , of Pemberton-road , Highgatehill .

DEATHS . BKOU-. N-I . YC ; . —On ( lie 13 th inst ., at Hotel de Russie , Geneva , Mr . Arthur Henry Browning , of the Wallands , Lewes , aged 5 6 . CHAMBERS . —On the 17 th inst ., at the Rectory , VVest

Putford , N . Devon , thc Rev . George Chambers , B . D ., aged 63 . STEPHENS . —On the 20 th inst ., at The Grove , Homerton , Richard , thc youngest son of Bro . William Stephens , Prov . G . D . Cer . Middlesex , aged 12 years .

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